Refuse-collecting wagon



June'z, 1923; 1,460,078

v J. PULLAR REFUSE COLLECTING WAGON l Filed sept. 1o'. 92o 2 sheets-Shasta Patented .lune 26, 1923.

. CFF] JAMES PULLAR, 0F HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

REFUSE-COLLECTING 'WAGON'.

.To al? ifi/10m i?? may concern.'

Be it known that l, JAMES PULLAR, a citizen ol the UnitedStates, and a resident of Hartford, in the countyoii' Hartford and State oi. Connecticut, have invented a new and lniproved Refuseollecting l/Vagon, of which the following is a specification.

rlhis invention relates to the class of wagons for collecting;` ashes and other waste material that is required to be removed from more or less thickly populated districts, and an object of the invention, yamong others, is to provide a device ot this kind that shall enable the collection of refuse material to be carried out in a particularly convenient` and eiticient manner. V

One form of refuse collecting vehicle embodying this invention, and in the construc tion and use of whichthe objects herein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanying; drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view of a wagon em* bodying this invention and with the elevator trays in their uppermost or discharging positions.

Figure 2 is a similar view with the elevator trays in their lowerinost or receiving posit-ions.

Figure 3 is a view in crossvsection through the wagon as shown in` Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a rear end view of the wagon as shown in Figure 1. Y

The wagon body may be constructed in any convenient manner. and of any suitable material, and ior this reason small details are omitted from the drawings herein, such body being' shown as formed from a single piece of material, as metal. which body 5 may be ot generally rectangular shape in cross section with outwardly flaring sides 6 and with ends 7 conformingr in shape to that oi the body and ilarinp; sides and sloping` upwardly to a peak at the crosswisecenter.l A ridge 8 extends lengthwise of the body. between and supported on the ends, providing openings 9 at the sides ot the peak, through which openings material may he dumped into the wagon. The body may be supported in any suitable manner on wheels 10 and any form oi motive power may be employed, the device thus far described being of well known and common construction.

ln the use of such old type of wagon it Application filed September 10, 1920. Serial No. 409,306.

has been common practice to manually lift the barrels, cans or other receptacles and throw them through the openings 9, two men being required to liitthe receptacles, and a third man being required to empty them inthe wagon. With the use of the improved device herein illustrated and `described this heavy labor is not required and two men may do the work of the three men above described, this improved wagon including an elevator tray 11 arranged to be positioned low enough to enable a barrel 12 or other receptacle to be tipped from a sidewalk 13 and its contents to be emptied into the tray, that has means for elevating it and for dumping its contents through the openings 9 into the wagon.

This improved device in the 'form employed herein for rdisclosing): the invention embodies tray guides and supports in the forni ot rods secured at their opposite ends to the sides of the structure and bent to` form supporting loops 14 at theirvlower ends and vertical guides 15 to receive eyes 16 secured to the backs of the trays. Rests 17 in the form ot rods each bent to the desired shape and each secured at its ends to the sides of the wagon body are located to support the trays in their lowermost positions at a suitable distance from said body. Studs18 project 'trom opposite ends of each tray and elevating cables 19 are secured at their ends to said studs and at their opposite ends are wound about elevating` shafts 20 rotatably inounted in the ends 'T and connected by sprockets and chains with operating' shafts having crank handles 22 by means of which the loaded tra-ys may be raised. in which operation the eyes 16 will be moved into contact with stops 23 formed by bends at the upper ends oi'2 the guides 15, atter which a continued pull on the cables 19 as by means of the handles 22 will turn the trays upside down into the openings 9 thereby dumping the 'contents into the wagon or receiver. lt should be noticed that in this elevated and inverted position each tray comprises a cover or closure tor an opening 9.

Each tray 1s provided at its end with a cover removing plate 24 to receive thepres- 'sure ot a cover removing stud 25 at the end of a cover removing arm 26 secured to a Cil ing handles 28 located outside of the ends.k

l. In combination with d. wagon body closed on all Sides but open at the top for substantially its whole length, a shallow tray closed on all sides but open at the top, means for supporting the tray in a lowered position for the emptying of refuse there into from receptacles at dierent point-s along its length and dumped from said receptacles by tipping them over the upper edge olf said tray, and means for raising the tray and for inverting it over the top of said wagon body to dump said refuse into said bodyA along its whole length. p

2. `In combination with a wagon body closed on all sides but open at the top for substantially its whole length, a shallow tray closedI on all sides but open at the top, means for Supporting the tray horizontally in a lowered position for emptying the-reinto from receptacles at diiferent points along its entire length of refuse dumped from said receptacles by tipping them over the upper edge of said tray, and means for raising said receptacle and for inverting it at the top of the body to dump the contents into said body.

3.v In combination with a? wagon body closed on all sides but open at the top for substantially itsv whole length,` a shallow tray closed on all sides and open at the top and of a shape and size to fit and close the opening into said wagon body, means for supporting the tray in a lowered position for the emptying thereinto from receptacles `at different points along its entire length of refuse dumped from said receptacles by tipping them over' the upper edge of said tray, and means for raising the tray and or inverting it into said opening in the wagon body.

4. In combination with a wagon body closed on all sides and open at the top, a shallow tray closed on all sides but open at the top, vertical guides located at opposite ends of the tray to guide its vertical movenient, rests in the form of brackets projecting from the wagon body to receivel the back of the tray and support it in its horizontal position, and means for raising the tray along said guides and for inverting it at the top of the wagon body.

5. A refuse collecting wagon comprising a body, a tray, guide rods secured at their ends to the body and projecting raway from the body at their lower ends forming bends to limit and support the tray in its lower- Inost position, and means for raising the tray.

6. A refuse collecting wagon comprising a blody,1a tray, guiderods at the ends ofv the tray to direct its vertical movements, supporting bends at the lower ends ofsaid rods, and a back rest for said tray in its lowermost position. c

' JAMES PULLAR. 

